Okra Soup

Fry 6 slices of onion and 8 or 10 okra pods (cut in two lengthwise) a golden brown. Put in a kettle and pour over 1 qt. boiling water, slightly salted. Simmer until tender, add 1 pt. of milk and 2 tablespoonfuls boiled rice.

Preserved Pumpkin

Cut, pare and remove the seeds, cut in squares, or slice on a potato cutter. Allow equal weight of sugar and pumpkin, arranging them in layers. Pour in lemon juice, 1/2 cupful to each pound of pumpkin. Let stand 24 hours. Then boil all together with 1 cup of water to every 3 lbs. of pumpkin, 1 tablespoon ginger root, tied in a cloth, and the thin yellow rind of the lemons shredded. Simmer until pumpkin is tender, then put in jars. In 3 or 4 days pour off the syrup, boil up and pour over hot.

To Blanch Parsley

(for soups.)

To produce a vivid green, place the parsley in a strainer, or cloth, and dip it for 1/2 minute into boiling water, into which put a pinch of soda. Then squeeze dry in a clean cloth and chop very fine.

To Flavor Cornbeef, Ham or Tongue

Mix 1 tablespoon of vinegar with 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, add 1 teaspoon of dry mustard, 1 tablespoonful brown sugar, 6 cloves, 6 allspice. Stir until sugar is dissolved.

Add the mixture to the beef 1/2 hour before it is done, and put the beef back into this liquid (after first serving) until it gets cold over night

To Fry Oysters

Dip fried oysters first in mayonnaise and then in fine cracker crumbs before frying.

Parmesan Fritters

(cream soups.)

Two tablespoonfuls of butter, a pinch of salt, 4 tablespoons of water (or 5 tablespoonfuls of milk). Boil these and stir in quickly 1-3 cup of flour, and when smooth remove, add 6 tablespoons of grated Parmesan. Cool and add 3 unbeaten eggs, reserving 1 white. Beat well, and drop in bean-like bits from a teaspoon into hot fat. Cook a delicate brown and serve hot.

Blueberry Muffins

Sift together 2 cups of flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1/3 teaspoon salt. Beat 3 eggs, add 1 1/2 cupsful of milk and stir this mixture with the first one. Stir in very gently 1 cupful of blueberries and bake in a hot oven.

Improved German Puffs

5 eggs, leaving out the whites of 3. 5 tablespoons of flour. 1 tablespoon melted butter. 1/4 teaspoon salt. 2 cups sweet milk.

Beat the eggs and milk together till very light, then add flour and butter. Bake in greased cups or gem tins half full.

Corn Dodgers

2 cups cornmeal. 2 tablespoons of flour. 2 cups boiling water. 2 eggs. 1 tablespoon of sugar. 1 teaspoon salt.

Pour boiling water on the meal, sugar and salt. Beat and put in a cool place over night. In the morning add the eggs well beaten and the flour. Dip a tablespoon into cold milk, then fill it with batter, and slide it gently into the deep hot fat, and cook 10 minutes.